Please note that all type of upgrade from phpBB2 to phpBB3 will change all your topic url, no matter if you use or not mod rewrite, so upgrading is in all case something to prepare well.

Please dcz, what do you mean by "preparing well" ? What I don't understand still is what will happen if someone find a version on Google of an old phpBB2 rewritten url and the phpBB3 forum is out there. Will he get a 404 or will he be redirected to the new url page ?

Thanks in advance ,

Cotp

I mean that local testing is more than advised, since you'll be changing all of your topic URLs in all cases, you want to redirect them, and this should be done all the sudden with the proper headers to work nicely and fast.

phpBB3 SEO mods won't be the problem, more like the solution actually with the zero dupe.

As far as these mods, Upgrading will be as simple as :

1) install a local phpBB3 forum,

2) install the mod rewrite selected and the zero dupe,

3) deal with the conversion,

4) check everything is working great,

5) go online.

In addition, you'll just need to keep some of the rewriterules you where previously using with phpBB2, at the end of you .htaccess for the zero dupe to do it's job.

Only the categories URLs will have to be treated separately, since the are not used any more with phpBB3, could be made using a script or with hard coded redirecting in .htaccess.

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Thanks for your anwser dcz, sorry if I posted in english (je suis français hein ) but I thought it would beneficiate more people...

I will follow all instructions. Still waiting for the french version and also design issues before taking the big jump...

Do you know when you plan to do it yourself ?

Cotp

Well, not before the required mod will be updated, which here means the download mod basically, since we'll be taking care of mx sitemaps and GYM sitemaps.

I'll have as well to deal with mxBB, I don't know what I'll be doing with it, it's possible that this will be the occasion for me to build a simple phpBB3 portal

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dcz wrote:Well, not before the required mod will be updated, which here means the download mod basically, since we'll be taking care of mx sitemaps and GYM sitemaps.

I'll have as well to deal with mxBB, I don't know what I'll be doing with it, it's possible that this will be the occasion for me to build a simple phpBB3 portal

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great dcz

and we wait phpbb-seo convert too

i am sure it will be so nice in phpbb3

dcz, I wanted to know if I can test it locally and if you have any advice on using it with easyphp ? Do I have to configure something special for it to work ?

I wanted also to tell you a small mistake:

in

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#-----[ OPEN ]------------------------------------------
#

styles.php

should be:

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#-----[ OPEN ]------------------------------------------
#

style.php

(sans le "s")

As far as I go I keep the original code with slashes (// original:) when there are replacing instructions. This is always useful if there is another mod refering to the original code for example.

I also put the title of the mod on the top of each modified page, but that is because I am nevrotic

Cheers,

Cotp

Well seen, this was already reported and fixed, did not update the version for this few, but did upload a new version where this is corrected.

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cotp wrote:dcz, I wanted to know if I can test it locally and if you have any advice on using it with easyphp ?

I anwser myself for those who are interested:

Find and delete the commentary: (#)

for these 2 lines :

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LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
AddModule mod_rewrite.c

in C:\Program Files\EasyPHP1-8\conf_files\httpd.conf

Cheers

http://www.phpbb-seo.com/boards/advance ... t1219.html

SeO wrote:Some advices :

To load mod Rewrite with Easyphp :

Open EasyPHP1-8\conf_files\httpd.conf and un-comment
(get rid of the "#" at the beginning of the required lines) these two lines :

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LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

And :

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AddModule mod_rewrite.c

Faut dire que des fois j'ai la flemme de tout lire...

Heureusement que je ne lis pas les instructions d'installation du mod en diagonale hein !

Cotp

Like when you speak french on a English speaking forum ?

No problem, we all tend to be lazy, it's just a matter of understanding that the real laziness is to think well before you do anything, can save a lot of time

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dcz wrote:I'll have as well to deal with mxBB, I don't know what I'll be doing with it, it's possible that this will be the occasion for me to build a simple phpBB3 portal

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This is interesting. I am just considering to migrate to smf because they have better intergration with some portals and cms's. After a fiaso with mkportal i am really searching for a portal with cms that realy works with a forum like phpbb3.

well, if you really want a less interesting forum ... no just kidding actually, I guess phpBB3 will allow the phpBB community to really feel confident to be using the best board ever, and do not care about vb people telling that phpBB is a dumb script all the time.

Have you given a shot with phpbb3portal.com ?

Looks promising as a simple phpBB3 portal.

And mxBB will as well upgrade for phpBB3 I think.

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dcz wrote:well, if you really want a less interesting forum... no just kidding actually, I guess phpBB3 will allow the phpBB community to really feel confident to be using the best board ever, and do not care about vb people telling that phpBB is a dumb script all the time.

Have you given a shot with phpbb3portal.com ?

Looks promising as a simple phpBB3 portal.

And mxBB will as well upgrade for phpBB3 I think.

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I do like phpbb3 much more than smf, sow my first choise would be phpbb3. However, on a short therm i need a portal/cms/forum. I think you have seem my www.brandpreventieforum.nl after it was finished? This was with mkportal and phpbb2. It was exactly what i wanted, mkportal was a cms/portal and could be perfectly intergrated with phpbb. But because of the bad php code it kept giving problems to the point i had to go back to forum only.

After letting the visitors become familiar with the portal function, i want to come back with a portal on short therm. But i really want a portal/cms that does have extensions for documentation, links, jobs and other stuff.

Sow phpbb3portal.com is really to simple for that purpose and on the mxBB was stated that he did not plan a phpbb3 version anytim soon.

I have done some researche and for now the best choise for me would be to use joomla with smf, because they perfectly intergrate. And i can use opensef for url rewriting. Opensef is really far with joomla urlrewriting, even when it comes to the smf urls. And they allsow inject topic titles in the url and things like that.

I am sorry i mention smf on this forum, i really would like to use phpbb better, but when something other fits the job better.... And dont worry, i have plenty more phpbb boards to maintain, sow i will keep fisiting/spamming this forum

Greets Emiel

Was just kidding, smf is great too.

I don't know about SEO though, do they offer redirection, are there some duplicates left for pagination and over all, and etc ?

At this stage we already offer a 100% duplicate free phpBB3, and duplicate do matter a lot.

Actually, if you're interested, and to show you we do not only want to talk about phpBB here, SEO is a much wider topic in itself, this could be an occasion to start working a bit on SEO ing smf and why not joomla if required and if you're willing to work a bit on it.

Things like the Zero dupe for smf could really be a great addition to the smf community I think.

For sure it would be better if we already have a flexible portal and a Kb to go with phpBB3, but oh well, time will come

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